Birdseyes Archive

T.M. Fowler's birdseye map of Wilson and Mendelssohn, Pennsylvania in 1902. Wilson and Mendelssohn, Pennsylvania Date: 1902 Author: T.M. Fowler Dwnld: Full Size (2.4mb) Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other maps of Pennsylvania that you might want to check out. Fowler's birdseye map of Wilson, Pennsylvania [gmap] in 1902. For more maps and images from this...

A. Ruger's Birdseye map of Northfield, Minnesota in 1869. x Birdseye view of Northfield, Minnesota Date: 1869 Author: A. Ruger Dwnld: Full Size (6.7mb) Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff Seven years after Ruger sketched the sleepy town of Northfield, Minnesota [gmap] to produce the map you see above, Jesse James and his gang rode into town and famously robbed the First National Bank. The job was...

A. Ruger's Birdseye map of Hannibal, Missouri in 1869. Birdseye view of Hannibal, Missouri Date: 1869 Author: A. Ruger Dwnld: Full Size (9.8mb) Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other Missouri maps that you might want to check out. Hannibal, Missouri [gmap], boyhood home of Mark Twain, and by extension, many of his characters from his books...

Rene Cinquin's Aeroview of Margate City, New Jersey, in 1925. Aeroview of Margate City, New Jersey Date: 1925 Author: Rene Cinquin Dwnld: Full Size (9.4mb) Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other featured maps that you might want to check out. This is what I'm assuming must be a real estate developer's promotional image of Margate...

L.R. Burleigh's birdseye map of Hallstead, Pennsylvania in 1887. Birdseye view of Hallstead, Pennsylvania Date: 1887 Author: L.R. Burleigh Dwnld: Full Size (4.5mb) Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other maps of Pennsylvania that you might want to check out. L.R. Burleigh's depictions of hills can sometimes get carried away; or, as in this birdseye map...

T.M. Fowler's birdseye map of Sistersville, West Virginia in 1896. Birdseye view of Sistersville, West Virginia Date: 1896 Author: T.M. Fowler Dwnld: Full Size (7.4mb) Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other featured maps that you might want to check out. T.M. Fowler's birdseye map of Sistersville, West Virginia [gmap] in 1896. For more maps and images...

A. Ruger's Birdseye map of Jefferson City, Missouri in 1869. Birdseye view of Jefferson City, the capital of Missouri Date: 1869 Author: A. Ruger Dwnld: Full Size (10.9mb) Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other Missouri maps that you might want to check out. A handsome but otherwise unremarkable illustration of Jefferson City, Missouri [gmap], the Capital...

A. Ruger's Birdseye map of St. Joseph, Missouri in 1868. Birdseye view of St. Joseph, Missouri Date: 1868 Author: A. Ruger Dwnld: Full Size (12.8mb) Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other Missouri maps that you might want to check out. Ruger's birdseye map of St. Joseph, Missouri [gmap] 1868. For more maps and images from this...

A. Ruger's Birdseye map of El Paso, Illinois from 1869. Birdseye view of the city of El Paso, Ill. Date: 1869 Author: A. Ruger Dwnld: Full Size (6.5mb) Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other featured maps that you might want to check out. Ruger's birdseye map of El Paso, Illinois [gmap] in 1869. For more maps...

H. Brosius' birdseye map of Aurora, Illinois from 1882. Birdseye Map of Auroria, Illinois Date: 1882 Author: H. Brosius Dwnld: Full Size (12.3mb) Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other featured maps that you might want to check out. Aurora [gmap] is part of the Chicago metro area and is the second most populated city in the...

H. Wellge's birdseye map of Redfield, Dakota Territory in 1883. Birdseye view of Redfield, Dakota Territories Date: 1883 Author: H. Wellge Dwnld: Full Size (3.5mb) Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other featured maps that you might want to check out. Wellge's illustration of Redfield, South Dakota [gmap] from 1883. For more maps and images from this...

A. Ruger's Birdseye map of Topeka, Kansas in 1869. Birdseye view of Topeka, the capital of Kansas Date: 1869 Author: A. Ruger Dwnld: Full Size (10.7mb) Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other featured maps that you might want to check out. Ruger's birdseye map of Topeka [gmap], the capital of Kansas, in 1869. For more maps...

H. Wellge's birdseye view of Missoula, Montana in 1884. Birdseye view of Missoula, Montana Date: 1884 Author: H. Wellge Dwnld: Full Size (8.2mb) Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other Montana maps that you might want to check out. An arresting H. Wellge lithograph of Missoula, Montana [gmap]. An example of a print in which Wellge's use...

T.M. Fowler's birdseye map of Mannington, West Virginia in 1897. Birdseye view of Mannington, West Virginia Date: 1897 Author: T.M. Fowler Dwnld: Full Size (7.8mb) Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other featured maps that you might want to check out. Here Fowler depicts the bustling city of Mannington, West Virginia [gmap] on the B&O railroad line....

A. Ruger's Birdseye map of Des Moines from 1868. Birdseye view of Des Moines, Iowa Date: 1868 Author: A. Ruger Dwnld: Full Size (12.5mb) Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other Iowa maps that you might want to check out. This birdseye map of Des Moines, Iowa [gmap] was made in the second full year of Ruger's...

A. Ruger's Birdseye map of Champaign, Illinois from 1869. Birdseye view of Champagne, Ill. Date: 1869 Author: A. Ruger Dwnld: Full Size (11.6mb) Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other Illinois maps that you might want to check out. What's up with the center chunk of the Champaign, Illinois [gmap] street grid? Did they lay a couple...

J.J. Stoner's birdseye map of Brownsville and Bridgeport, Pennsylvania in 1883. Birdseye view of Brownsville, and Bridgeport, Pennsylvania Date: 1883 Author: J.J. Stoner Dwnld: Full Size (8.3mb) Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other maps of Pennsylvania that you might want to check out. I can see why J.J. Stoner (and some others) would occasionally use...

A. Ruger's Birdseye map of Lawrence, Kansas in 1869. Birdseye view of Lawrence, Kansas Date: 1869 Author: A. Ruger Dwnld: Full Size (12.8mb) Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other Kansas maps that you might want to check out. Lawrence, Kansas [gmap] is another city that many in my peer group feel like they must pay lip-service...

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